About the Author

Julia Cook, a former school counselor and teacher, has written many books on behavior and health for children. Her Building Relationships series of 9 storybooks helps kids develop healthy relationships with their peers, parents, and teachers. Julia regularly presents in schools across the country and delivers keynote addresses at national education and counseling conferences. She has received the Association for Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award, and her books have been honored by the National Parenting Center and Mom's Choice Awards.

Reviews

"Kids are faced with negative peer pressure all of the time. Julia's latest book helps kids understand that it's difficult, but okay, to say no! I've added this book to my toolkit to help teachers emphasize their role in directly teaching skills like resisting peer pressure to all of our kids and to recognize and help put a stop to negative peer pressure at school." - Courtney Frazier, Coordinator Behavior and Student Management Pendergast School District

"My son asks for me to read this to him. Often. He is gaining insights that peer pressure is common and that it's herd to buck but doable. My son is in second grade and likes this book. I think it's a good conversation starter and helps kids know they are not alone, everyone faces this at some point. I'm hoping it also reinforces that putting pressure on others is wrong." - mk, Amazon

"This book is a wonderful tool to talk about peer pressure! The book touches on many aspects of peer pressure. The teacher character in the story portrays a good roll where she knows the peer pressure is going to happen. The children use many different peer pressure strategies to try to get the main character to try the pizza and in return, the main character uses many different strategies to stand up to the pressure. Julia Cook has written another great story to help children!" - Dolly, Amazon